Life — April 4, 1918 — page 14: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page presents multiple satirical cartoons commenting on early 20th-century political and social issues: **Top cartoon**: Shows a figure labeled "Moscow" with military dress stabbing or attacking a prone figure labeled "Russia," captioned "Another Scrap of Paper." This appears to reference the Russian Revolution and Bolshevik seizure of power, satirizing Lenin's government as destructive to Russia itself. **Other cartoons** address: income tax obligations ("John D. Pays His Income Tax"), domestic concerns ("All the Comforts of Home"), military/government oversight ("Da Muck Needs Looking After"), and labor ("Everybody Works in Jersey"). The cartoons employ caricature and personification to mock political figures, government bureaucracy, and wartime/post-war tensions—typical of Life's satirical commentary on contemporary affairs.